Israel fires on Gaza - report

Israeli helicopters began firing on targets in the Gaza Strip, Israel TV reported today.

The Israeli army refused to comment.

Most of the strikes were in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip, the report said.

Palestinian security officials in the Gaza Strip said helicopters struck a steel factory in Khan Yunis and possibly Jebalya refugee camp just north of Gaza City as well as the Gaza City district of Zeitun.

The strikes began about three hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself at a bus stop in Jerusalem, killing seven other people in the second such attack in the city in two days.

Early today, Israel announced a major policy shift in response to a suicide bombing Tuesday on a Jerusalem bus that killed 19 Israelis. The new approach was to gradually reoccupy Palestinian areas and stay put until terrorism stops.